Commissioners vote 3-2 against moratorium on wind development in Shirley Basin

December 10, 2021 |

A vote by county commissioners to impose a temporary moratorium on wind and solar energy development in the Shirley Basin failed this week. The vote was 3-to-2. Cali O’Hare has the story.

Photo by Stacey Jarrett.

Click here to read the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Guidelines for Wind and Solar Energy Development

Click here to view a .pdf copy of the pronghorn presentation that was given to the Carbon County Commissioners

Click here to view the draft version of  “EMERGENCY ZONING MORATORIUM ON COMMERCIAL SCALE ENERGY FACILITIES IN THE MEDICINE BOW PRONGHORN HERD UNIT”

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